DEPARTMENT MAKING REQUEST
Public Works
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Florida Department of Transportation Traffic Signal Maintenance and Compensation Agreement
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REQUESTED MOTION/ACTION
recommendation
Recommended Action:
a) Approve Resolution authorizing the acceptance of traffic signal maintenance responsibility from the City of Punta Gorda under the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Traffic Signal Maintenance and Compensation Agreement (TSMAC); execution of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Amendment revising Exhibit A; preparation of a conforming amendment to the existing Interlocal Agreement for later Board consideration and approval; and
b) Authorize the Chairman to sign the Resolution.
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budget
Budgeted Action:
No action needed. Budgeted in the Public Works Engineering budget as approved in the FY2027 budget process. Funding for the expenditure comes from MSTU Fund.
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BACKGROUND (Why is this Action Necessary, and What Action will be accomplished)
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Background:
Charlotte County, the maintaining Agency, entered into a Traffic Signal Maintenance and Compensation Agreement (TSMCA) on July 16, 2015, with terms as amended on October 5, 2016, Contact ARX81, Financial Project No. 41266518801. Resolution 2022-091 authorized the County Administrator, Lighting District Superintendent and any other designee of the County Administrator to execute subsequent amendments and other documents specifically related to the TSMCA.
The City of Punta Gorda has approved its withdrawal from its' TSMCA with FDOT and has requested Charlotte County assume direct maintenance responsibility for the affected traffic signals within the city.
The maintaining agency and FDOT shall update Exhibit A of the TSCMA on an annual basis. Exhibit A defines the method and limits of compensation to be made to the maintaining agency for the services described in this agreement and in Exhibit A and method by which payments will be made.
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